Category:Producing Our Grains (Disciples of SP)
Theme Analysis
The quotes in this category outline Śrīla Prabhupāda's practical vision for establishing self-sufficient agrarian communities. By producing their own food grains, protecting cows, and weaving cloth, devotees can solve all economic problems without depending on modern industrial society. The ultimate goal of this simple village life is not merely physical survival, but to minimize unnecessary labor so that practitioners can save their time and energy for chanting, preaching, and advancing in spiritual life.
- The Agrarian Solution: Producing local food grains, vegetables, and milk naturally solves all economic problems and frees humanity from artificial urban dependencies.
- Saving Time for Spiritual Life: The primary purpose of self-sufficiency is to minimize unnecessary labor and luxury, allowing devotees to dedicate their saved time entirely to spiritual advancement.
- Cow Protection and Agriculture: The foundation of these communities rests on protecting cows for milk and tilling the land for grains, demonstrating a peaceful and sustainable way of life to the world.
- Local Independence: Centers must strive to become fully self-supported so that devotees do not have to travel long distances or take up difficult jobs simply to maintain their basic livelihood.
- Establishing an Ideal Example: By developing these farm projects successfully, devotees provide a practical alternative to modern society, proving that one can live peacefully and happily by following traditional principles.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Prabhupāda Directs His Disciples to Become Self-Sufficient by Producing Grains.
Pages in category "Producing Our Grains (Disciples of SP)"
The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
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- First of all produce your own food grain, milk and vegetables, eat as much as absolutely necessary, don't eat more, and in this way keep your health
- For plain living we must have sufficient land for raising crops and pasturing grounds for the cows. If there is sufficient grains and production of milk, then the whole economic problem is solved
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- I am now organizing in Europe and America many farm lands so that my devotees can live there peacefully, grow their own foodstuffs, produce cloth, and save time for chanting Hare Krishna
- I have traveled all over the world. I have seen America from village to village, Africa, Australia. There is so much land vacant that if we properly utilize them, we can produce so much food grains, we can feed ten times as many population as it is now
- I want that Mayapur be self-sufficient by having its own production of grains, vegetables, fruits and milk products etc., to the extent that you will be able to feed at least 500 men daily
- I wish the temple community to be self-sufficient by producing their own food grains
- If they think that they can do some business, let them do it. What can be done? If they cannot produce food, then let them do business
- If we can keep cows sufficiently and grow our necessary foodstuffs, then we shall show a new way of life to your countrymen
- If we keep cows and grow food grains, fruits, vegetables, then we can live very peacefully like that. There is no need of going to the city
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- Our farm projects are an extremely important part of our movement. We must become self-sufficient by growing our own grains and producing our own milk, then there will be no question of poverty
- Our only motive is how to interest people in Krsna consciousness. That's all. There is no economic problem. We can produce our own food and clothes, gradually, and save time for spiritual life
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- Read our books, chant Hare Krsna, live very simple life, produce your own necessities. Don't go to the town
- Regarding the farm in Gainesville, yes we require land for food grain production. One of our programs should be to send food grains to India for Vrindaban and Mayapur. If we distribute profusely prasadam we will become very popular
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- That is our mission: Cow protection and agriculture and if there is excess, trade. This is a no-profit scheme. For the agriculture we want to produce our own food and we want to keep cows for our own milk
- That you are growing all your own grains is very good. It is my ambition that all devotees may remain self independent by producing vegetables, grains, milk, fruits, flowers, and by weaving their own cloth in handlooms
- The Krsna consciousness movement in engaging devotees in producing their own food and living self-sufficiently so that rascals may see how one can live very peacefully, eat the food grains one has grown oneself, drink milk, and chant Hare Krsna
- The real business is that you produce enough food grains, as much as possible, and you eat and distribute. That's all. This is business. He does not require any so high technical education. Anyone can till the ground and grow food. Is it difficult?
- The whole idea of New Vrindaban is that men who are living there should produce their own food, of which milk is the principal thing
- There is no economic problem. We can produce our own food and clothes, gradually, and save time for spiritual life
- Try to enlighten them on this point and make them happy, that will please me and krishna, and thus you will become perfect yourself
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- We are developing a plan to be self-sufficient. Namely, to produce our food grains, maintain cows, for drinking milk, and weave cloth for garments. We have plans for erecting a magnificent international city based on this Vedic culture
- We want to utilize our land there for raising flowers, vegetables and grains if possible. Jaya Laksmana's suggestions are welcome so please give him all encouragement and facility. Work together cooperatively and develop things nicely there
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- You get from all the farms all your necessities, then it will be successful. Fodder, milk, grains, vegetables, and animals and man will be satisfied, and you can chant Hare Krishna. No unnecessary cow killing, and no unnecessary needs of the body
- You have got sufficient space. Produce flowers, fruits, vegetables and grains in ample quantities. We should be fully self-sufficient. I like New Mayapur very much
- You have got this land; develop it. Don't go away. Develop it. That is my instruction. Keep cows, as many cows as possible. You don't require practice. Produce your own food, own milk - save time; chant Hare Krsna. This is perfect